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Them Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson
- Get out of control, but appear under control. It?s not bad to alarm other people, though ? it?s good for them.
- Sex, drugs, and insanity have always worked for me, but I wouldn't recommend them for everyone.
- Avoid being seized by the police. The cops are not your friends. Don't tell them anything.
- Most people who deal in words don't have much faith in them and I am no exception.
- There are times, however, and this is one of them, when even being right feels wrong. What do you say, for instance, about a generation…
- I find that by putting things in writing I can understand them and see them a little more objectively ... For words are merely tools…
- My first feeling was a wild desire to drive a stake in the sand and claim the place for myself. The beach was white as…
- Those who fail to learn from the brutal stompings visited on them in the past are doomed to be brutally stomped in the future.
- I believe that the major operating ethic in American society right now, the most universal want and need is to be on TV. I've been…
- Freedom, Truth, Honour — you could rattle off a hundred such words and behind every one of them would gather a thousand punks, pompous little…
- By any accepted standard, I have had more than nine lives. I counted them up once, and there were 13 times I almost and maybe…
- Quacks are a part of our culture, and we all fall prey to them. Who among us can say, for sure, that even our own…
- I am a professional sportswriter, among other things, and I take the games seriously. It is only one of my many powerful addictions, and I…
- I have warned many times about the guaranteed dangers of betting with your heart instead of your head - big darkness, soon come - but…
- The highways are crowded with people who drive as if their sole purpose in getting behind the wheel is to avenge every wrong done them…
- One of them is knowing the difference between Morality and Wisdom. Morality is temporary, Wisdom is permanent… Ho ho. Take that one to bed with…
- Fear is a healthy instinct, not a sign of weakness. It is a natural self-defense mechanism that is common to felines, wolves, hyenas, and most…
- Ignore that nightmare in the bathroom. Just another ugly refugee from the Love Generation, some doom-struck gimp who couldn't handle the pressure. My attorney has…
- I wanted to take off all my clothes and never wear them again.
- sounds of life and movement, people getting ready and people giving up, the sound of hope and the sound of hanging on, and behind them…
- Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow…
- Happy," I muttered, trying to pin the word down. But it is one of those words, like Love, that I have never quite understood. Most…
- Most of my friends are into strange things I don't really understand - and with a few shameful exceptions I wish them all well. Who…
More Them Quotes
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster